MILLSTREET Taekwon Do confirmed their growing status on a run of success at the Munster championships hosted in Tralee.

Set up 15 years ago, Millstreet is a well established club with many students training under Master Dalton with over 10 years.

Master Don Dalton as the Club Instructor is one of Ireland's best known martial artists and is the driving force behind one of the country's largest organisations, the Irish United Taekwon Do Federation (IUTF).

A former Irish Team Captain and winner of numerous competitions Master Dalton has more recently become instrumental in coaching IUTF National team to huge success in such far away fields as Iran, Germany, Gambia, Canada and Holland.

The Club has numerous students ranging in ages from 6 to 30 years. Students who attend the class every Friday come from Millstreet, Rathmore, Ballydesmond, Knocknagree, Gneeveguilla, Newmarket, Macroom, Ballyvourney and Boherbue.

Millstreet Club had great success at the Munster Championships hosted in Tralee. Connie Vaughan from Knocknagree was presented with a special award for winning four gold medals in a season in four major competitions where only a trio of 2,000 participants in IUTF competitions won the award. Connie added gold in Sparring and Silver in Patterns.

Brother and sister Andrew and Hannah O'Regan from Millstreet competed, Andrew was unlucky on missing out on a medal and Hannah got a bronze in Patterns and a silver in Sparring.

The Ring family from from Ballydesmond hailed a productive return. Denis won silver in Patterns and bronze in Sparring. Katie secured bronze in Patterns and sister Ellen added silver in Patterns and bronze in Sparring.

From Rathmore, Jason Murphy took bronze in Patterns and silver in Sparˇˇˇˇ, Fergal O'Connor sampled delight, Gold in Patterns and Sparring, Nikodem Swiczewski took bronze in Patterns and bronze in Sparring, Padraig Desmond enjoyed bronze in Pattern and gold in Sparring, Darragh Desmond obtained silver in Sparring and Seamus Doherty earned bronze in Sparring and silver in Patterns.

The club representative from Gneeveguilla Paul O'Leary won a bronze medal in Sparring while Triona O'Sullivan of Boherbue won a silver in Patterns and a bronze in Sparring.

Mr Diarmuid McSweeney from Ballyvourney competed in Senior Heavyweight Black Belt Sparring and got bronze and also 2nd Dan and above, Pattern section and got silver.

There are many upcoming events for students to compete in such as the Connaught Championship and the Leinster Championship.

COURSING: A Millstreet dog went in search of prestigious honours in Clonmel this week with the participation of Cleanaway Smurf in the Hotel Minella National Greyhound Oaks.

Under the watchful eye of Donal G O'Mahony, Becky impressed in her performances this season and was considered as amongst the leading contenders for outright honours and the €35,000 prizemoney.

A winner in the pre-qualifying stakes on home soil in Millstreet on New Year's Eve, Becky performed the business though Clonmel is very much the mecca for all coursing enthusiasts with the action sure to be hugely competitive this week.

Last season, Cleanaway Smurf owned by Con O'Connor delivered a competent performance and reached the concluding stages of the competition.

LTV: LTV2 Millstreet will broadcast a special feature on Millstreet Country Park over the next two programmes. Edited by LTV2's Seán Murphy the first programme takes us on a grand tour of the Country Park with Seán on camera and guests Donie Howard, Jonie McAuliffe and Eily Buckley interviewed by Seán Radley during the extensive and wonderfully scenic tour.

It will be transmitted on this Thursday night at 10pm with a repeat on Sunday at 8pm.

The second programme also edited by Seán Murphy includes a special interview with MCP owner, Jerry Sheehan, recalls the official opening of Le Mont des Arts - the spectacular waterfall feature (the 'wow' factor of the Country Park and indeed of a far wider area) and introduces the new Good Food Guide Menu plus lots more interesting sequences. That second programme will be transmitted on Thursday, February 11 at 10 pm and repeated on Sunday, February 14 at 8pm.

LTV2 now has, thanks to LTV2's Bernard Crowley, a facebook and dedicated You-Tube Channel linked to www.millstreet.ie.

ST JOHN'S CLUB: A meeting of the newly formed GAA club St John's takes place in Aubane Community Centre on this Sunday at 4pm.

ANNUAL AWARDS: Millstreet Community Council host their Annual People of the Year Awards at a function at the Wallis Arms Hotel on Friday, March 12. Categories for nominees to be selected are Service to the Community, Hall of Fame, Youth Award, Cultural and Arts, and Unsung Hero.

The public are asked to nominate people or a person whom they consider best entitled to come under any one of these headings. Details can be forwarded to Honorary Secretary Marie Bourke or any Millstreet Community Council member. Nominations close on Monday February 8.

SCÓR: Millstreet maintained a winning sequence in the Munster Scór na nÓg Finals on registering a highly popular win in the instrumental music category in Mallow last Sunday.

Following up on wins in the Novelty Act and Set Dancing categories over recent years, the versatility in cultural affairs was again confirmed on Millstreet landing the outright honours at instrumental music for the first time.

The Millstreet line-up featured Alanna Barry, Kelly Murphy, Cian Dennehy, Donal and James Linehan. Provincial honours secures Millstreet a place in the All Ireland final in Athlone on Saturday, February 20.

Millstreet enjoyed success in the Duhallow Senior Scór finals on a hosting in Kanturk Golf club last Saturday night. Jerry Doody joined up with Cian O'Mahony to take the accolades in the novelty act.

Conor Linehan earned runner-up place in the solo singing and along with Michéal Gleeson, secured second position in the instrumental music.

Millstreet landed the spoils too in the question time per a team of Jerry Doody, Pat Sheehan and John Tarrant.

The Millstreet winners and runners-up go forward to the county semi-final in Clondrohid next week.

MACRA FUNDRAISER: Millstreet Macra Na Feirme host a Fundraiser in Corkery's Bar on this Saturday night commencing at 9pm. DJ Nev will supply the music for a Disco with a raffle and leg waxing also on the programme. Everybody is welcome to support the group.

BALLYDALY HALL: A 50 year celebration of Ballydaly Hall takes place on this Saturday night at 8.30pm. Everyone welcome.

TV DOCUMENTARY: TG4 programme 'Ceart Agus Coir' investigates the death of Millstreet native Cornelius Dennehy in 1938 on a feature on this Thursday night at 10.15pm.

The murder gripped the country and centred around on a Laois man who was executed by hanging after conviction of the murder of the Millstreet butter buyer.

The pair were well known to each other and the crime became known as the "best friend murder". It forms the subject of an episode of the Ceart agus Cóir series looking on the death penalty in Ireland.

The programme features research of newspaper articles, public record, court and prison archive.

CHIROPODY SERVICE: A new chiropody service is available within the Millstreet district. For appointments and house calls, further information is available from Joanne Casey B Sc at 0868273616.

NOVENA: The Annual Novena to Our Lady of Lourdes in Christ the King Church, Knocknagree takes place February 3-11.

LIFE TIME CRUISE: JMG Travel in conjunction with Active Retirement Ireland are offering a magical sunny Iberia and Morocco 2011 Cruise direct from Ireland, departing from Dublin Port on Sunday May 1 2011. It will cruise from Dublin Port to La Coruna, Oporto, Casablanca, Lisbon, Bilbao and La Verdon, and return to Dublin Port on Thursday May 12 with bus transfers from most local areas

Booking early is very essential in order to secure the cabin of patron's choice and in particular the Balcony Cabins which will enable one to experience the wonderful sunrises, sunsets, the starry skies at night, and of course the beautiful landscapes on the approach of the different Countries all from the private balcony of patrons.

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